The Sunddhnúksgígar volcano began erupting on Tuesday morning as residents of nearby town Grindavík and tourists of luxury resort Blue Lagoon were cleared out of the danger zone
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Live Science on MSNHuge steam plume rises from Alaska's Mount Spurr as volcano edges closer to eruptionThe Alaskan Volcano Observatory has shared new images of plumes of gas streaming out of Mount Spurr, which scientists suspect will erupt in the coming weeks or months.
Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed.
Representative Nick Begich said he intervened to block the lease termination for the building housing the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity stops — regardless of whether it erupts — the subsurface magma continues to have a noticeable impact on the landscape.
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The Daily Galaxy on MSNScientists Reveal Where Yellowstone’s Next Volcanic Eruption Most Likely to HappenYellowstone National Park has long captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike, particularly due to its supervolcano, which has featured prominently in disaster films and existential musings.
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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that the lava geysers were preceded by more than 100 cycles of lava rise and fall, vent overflows and spatter fountains in the north vent, a phenomenon known as “gas pistoning,” which has been observed in other Kīlauea eruptions during recent decades.